Following a latest court docket ruling that discovered him answerable for sexual assault, rapper Soulja Boy is going through new controversy—this time from the animal rights group PETA. The group has introduced a protest towards Soulja Boy’s upcoming live performance with fellow artist Bow Wow at SeaWorld San Diego on Saturday, accusing the rappers of supporting a facility PETA calls an “abusement park.”
In accordance with a PETA assertion, supporters will maintain indicators studying, “Soulja Boy: YOUUUUUUUU Ought to Boycott SeaWorld” and “Bow Wow: Don’t Assist SeaWorld’s Cruelty.” The group alleges that animals on the park are “denied all the things that’s pure to them” and that dolphins are “sexually abused and typically drugged to allow them to’t combat again in its breeding program.”
Tracy Reiman, PETA’s Government Vice President, condemned the practices, stating, “SeaWorld drags dolphins out of the water and forcibly inseminates them, all so the following technology might be pressured to carry out degrading methods and die early.” She referred to as on Soulja Boy and Bow Wow to “face the music” and cease selling the “merciless marine jail” till it releases its animals to seaside sanctuaries.
PETA highlighted the case of Corky, the longest-held captive orca on this planet, as a first-rate instance of the park’s alleged cruelty. The group notes that Corky was taken from her mom and ocean dwelling in 1969 and has since been used as a “breeding machine.” All of her calves died, with none surviving previous 47 days. Her final being pregnant reportedly resulted in a miscarriage, along with her lifeless child discovered on the backside of a concrete tank at SeaWorld.
PETA, whose motto states that “animals will not be ours to make use of for leisure,” concludes by stating that Each Animal Is Somebody and providing free “Empathy Kits” to the general public. For extra info, the group directs folks to its web site, PETA.org.
